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WGUS51 KILN 050507

FFWILN

OHC037-050900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH

104 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DARKE COUNTY IN OHIO...



* UNTIL 500 AM EDT...



* WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN 

DARKE COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVERNIGHT...WITH   AN 

ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED THROUGH 500 AM.  THIS RAINFALL 

WILL CUASE WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING.



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDE...

  ANSONIA...

  GREENVILLE...

  VERSAILLES...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY

BE TOO DEEP TO SAFELY CROSS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD

BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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